On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Heroin. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as diacetylmorphine or opiate and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Heroin meaning
A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world.
Synonyms of Heroin
Using Heroin
- The main meaning on this page is: A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world.
- Useful related words include: diacetylmorphine, opiate, hard drug.
- In the example corpus, heroin often appears in combinations such as: of heroin, heroin and, and heroin.
Context around Heroin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 10 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heroin
- In this selection, "heroin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, distribute, suspected, causing, addicts, molecule and cocaine stand out and add context to how "heroin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include supply of heroin and crack and a heroin user displays. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heroin" sits close to words such as burger, enacted and jesse, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heroin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Heroin addicts were bribed into taking LSD with offers of more heroin. (12 words)
Ten kilograms of heroin is equal to about 400,000 retail bags of heroin. (14 words)
Torres and Gonzalez Jr. are both being charged with possession to distribute heroin and possession of heroin. (17 words)
The routine was that Griffin was given heroin and went to his room to smoke it while Boy X began selling drugs to 90 or so addicts who had been alerted that a new batch of Billy line heroin and cocaine was on sale in Bodmin. (46 words)
Morphine is also available in a paste that is used in the production of heroin, which can be smoked by itself or turned to a soluble salt and injected; the same goes for the penultimate products of the Kompot (Polish Heroin) and black tar processes. (45 words)
Srinagar, Sep 29: In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized 2,695 grams of heroin valued at ₹20 crore and apprehended three key individuals linked to a heroin smuggling network in Baramulla, officials said. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
The pharmacology of heroin and morphine is identical except the two acetyl groups increase the lipid solubility of the heroin molecule, causing heroin to cross the blood–brain barrier and enter the brain more rapidly in injection.
Fentanyl production is simpler than heroin because it is entirely synthetic and doesn’t require cultivating the poppies needed for heroin.
It’s already happening in America, and heroin addicts in America are dying in their plentiful because synthetic opioids like fentanyl are literally 10 times stronger than street heroin.
Cheese, of Cormorant Way, Duffryn pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and being concerned in the supply of heroin cocaine.
He was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court for Possession with intent to supply class A drugs, namely crack cocaine and heroin, and concern in the supply of class A crack cocaine and heroin.
He went on to plead guilty to possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to supply and being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine.
She noted that fentanyl, which has been causing havoc in the US were around 50 times stronger than heroin, but added: “These nitazene compounds are anywhere from 50 times to 500 times more potent than heroin.
Srinagar, Sep 29: In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized 2,695 grams of heroin valued at ₹20 crore and apprehended three key individuals linked to a heroin smuggling network in Baramulla, officials said.
Donna Bartlett, 36, has been charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine, and one count each of possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply.
A heroin user displays a needle in a South Bronx neighborhood which has the highest rate of heroin-involved overdose deaths in New York City, on Oct. 6, 2017.
Mr. Cruz also outlined how he combined kilograms of heroin, fentanyl and a third substance that together cost about $60,000, then divided the mixture into three packets of a kilogram apiece that he marketed as pure heroin.
The routine was that Griffin was given heroin and went to his room to smoke it while Boy X began selling drugs to 90 or so addicts who had been alerted that a new batch of Billy line heroin and cocaine was on sale in Bodmin.
Torres and Gonzalez Jr. are both being charged with possession to distribute heroin and possession of heroin.
A search of the vehicle revealed a clear cut straw with suspected heroin residue and a plastic baggie of suspected heroin.
Officer Mike Wilk of the Chicopee Police Department told 22News 21-year-old Joseph Martinez is facing charges including three counts of distribution of heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin and resisting arrest.
Ten kilograms of heroin is equal to about 400,000 retail bags of heroin.
Bayer scientists were not the first to make heroin, but their scientists discovered ways to make it, and Bayer led commercialization of heroin.
Heroin addicts were bribed into taking LSD with offers of more heroin.
Morphine is also available in a paste that is used in the production of heroin, which can be smoked by itself or turned to a soluble salt and injected; the same goes for the penultimate products of the Kompot (Polish Heroin) and black tar processes.
Some believe that heroin produces more euphoria than other opioids; one possible explanation is the presence of 6-monoacetylmorphine, a metabolite unique to heroin – although a more likely explanation is the rapidity of onset.
Common combinations with heroin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of heroin 50×
- heroin and 47×
- and heroin 29×
- to heroin 8×
- heroin in 8×
- the heroin 7×
- from heroin 7×
- heroin overdose 7×
- heroin addiction 7×
- than heroin 6×